IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 24 August 2023 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20230001286 APPLICANT REQUESTS: • correction of her record to show she completed training in Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) 71L (Administrative Specialist) and it was added to her Army Training Requirements and Resources System (ATRRS) transcript • a personal appearance before the Board APPLICANT'S SUPPORTING DOCUMENT(S) CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD: • DD Form 149 (Application for Correction of Military Record) • Self-Authored Note • DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty), ending 18 September 1990 • DD Form 214, ending 6 Jul 1991 • DD Forms 215 (Correction to DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) • Orders Number 051 008 Order to Annual Training (AT), 26 November 1991 • Orders Number 052-005 Order to AT, 27 November 1991 • Orders Number 102-011 Revocation of Orders Number 052-005, 21 February 1992 • Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) Card for Husband • DD form 2774 (Certificate of Recognition) Cold War Certificate, 26 December 1991 • DA Form 1059 (Service School Academic Evaluation Report), 5 April 1992 • Orders Number 179-046 Order to Active Duty Training (ADT), 9 June 1992 • DA Form 1059, 26 June 1992 • DA Form 87 (Certificate of Training) Administrative Specialist Course, 26 June 1992 • Orders Number 10-2 Award MOS, 21 July 1992 • DD Form 1351-2 (Travel Voucher or Sub-voucher), 2 September 1992 • DD Form 214, 21 March 1996 • Orders Number R222-001 Permanent Change of Station (PCS), 9 August 2004 • Orders Number 244-0283 • DD Form 214 with DD Form 215, 8 September 2004 • Orders Number 04-350-00004 Discharge from U.S. Army Reserve (USAR), 15 December 2004 • Verification of Military Experience and Training (VMET), 1 January 2015 • ATRRS Printout 2015 • Letter from Army Review Boards Agency (ARBA), 10 April 2015 • Army Training Transcript, 24 August 2015 • Email from ATRRS, 25 August 2015 • Email to ATRRS • VMETs, 1 July 2016, 1 January 2017, 1 May 2022, 1 June 2022 • Email from VMET, 26 September 2022 • Email from U.S. Army Human Resources Command (AHRC), 21 October 2022 FACTS: 1. The applicant did not file within the 3-year time frame provided in Title 10, U.S. Code (USC), section 1552(b); however, the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) conducted a substantive review of this case and determined it is in the interest of justice to excuse the applicant's failure to timely file. 2. The applicant states, in her application and self-authored note, in pertinent part: a. She is requesting correction of her military records by adding the 71L MOS course to her ATRRS (Army Training Requirements and Resources System) and VMET (Verification of Military Experience and Training). She completed the course in June 1992, but it was never entered into the ATRRS or VMET. In June 1992, she was a member of 14 Psychological Operations (Psychological Operations (PsyOps)) Battalion, 7th PsyOps Group in Presidio of San Francisco, CA. She was in the unit from 19 July 1991 to September 1993. b. Her MOS school was in June 1992, and she successfully completed it. After she completed her MOS school, her unit promoted her to specialist (SPC). She does not understand why this MOS school was not entered into her ATRRS. It may have been because she was still a green card holder and not a Naturalized Citizen of the U.S. At that time, she did not have access to her ATRRS nor to HRC. She trusted that the DA Form 1059 for the 71L course would be submitted to her ATRRS by the S-3, training Noncommissioned Officer or the Unit Administrator. But it was not added to her ATRRS or to her VMET and it is unfair. 3. The applicant's service records contain the following documents for the Board's consideration: a. DD Forms 4 (Enlistment/Reenlistment Document Armed Forces of the United States) show the applicant enlisted/reenlisted in the USAR on: • 4 April 1990, for a period of 8 years • 28 March 1998, for a period of 6 years b. DA Form 1059, dated 5 April 1992, shows she failed to achieve course standards in Administrative Specialist school. c. DA Form 1059, dated 26 June 1992, shows she achieved course standards in the 71L10 Administrative Specialist Course. d. Orders Number 23-128-000102a, Published by Headquarters, USAR Command, dated 8 May 2023, show the applicant was honorably discharged from the USAR effective 14 December 2004. 4. The applicant provides the following documents, with personal notes, for the Board's consideration: a. DD Form 214, which shows the applicant, as a member of the USAR, entered active duty on 11 April 1990 and was released back to her unit on 18 September 1990. She completed 5 months and 8 days of net active duty service and was awarded MOS 57F (Graves Registration Specialist). b. DD Form 214, which shows the applicant, as a member of the USAR entered active duty on 29 November 1990 and was released back to her unit on 6 July 1991. She completed 7 months and 8 days of net active duty service. A DD Form 215, shows the DD Form 214 was corrected in item: • 9 (Command to which Transferred) corrected her unit of assignment • 12d (Total Prior Active Duty Service) to 5 months and 8 days • 12e (Total Prior Inactive Service) to 2 months and 17 days • 13 (Decorations, Medals, Badges, Citations, and Campaign Ribbons Awarded or Authorized) by deleting and adding awards • 14 (Miliary Education) corrected to state "NONE//NOTHING FOLLOWS • 16 (Days Accrued) corrected to state "0.5" • 18 (Remarks) added mandatory remarks for a DD Form 214 c. Orders Number 051-008, published by the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and PsyOps Command, dated 26 November 1991, which ordered the applicant to Annual Training (AT) for 2 days with a report date of 7 December 1991. The applicant made the comment, orders were spread for a long period of time because it was 2 days at a time. She was not a resident and did not stay at the barracks at Camp Parks. She did not have a car to drive from inner city San Francisco to Camp Parks and she could not afford a taxi. It was a 54 minute drive (40.4 miles) one way. d. Orders Number 052-005, published by the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and PsyOps Command, 27 November 1991, which ordered the applicant to AT for two days with a report date of 1 February 1992. The applicant made the comment "this AT 71L MOS school order was revoked in February 1992 and new orders were issued to attend the 71L MOS school as a resident and stay for 14 days in the barracks at Camp Parks, CA." e. Orders Number 102-011, published by the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and PsyOps Command, 21 February 1992 revoked Orders Number 052-005. The applicant made the comment "these first orders to complete 71L MOS school were revoked due to hardship." f. DEERS Commissary Privilege Card for the applicant's husband. g. DD Form 2774 (Certificate of Recognition) for the applicant's service during the Cold War which lasted from 2 September 1945 through 26 December 1991. h. DA Form 1059 dated 5 April 1992, which shows she failed to achieve course standards in the Administrative Specialist course. She made the comment "orders were cut on 26 and 27 November 1991 for AT for two days at a time. She was having a hardship and was in trouble and in fear of being deported from the U.S. by her ex-husband. She started her MOS school on 15 June and completed it on 26 June 1992." i. Orders Number 179-046, published by the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and PsyOps Command, dated 9 June 1992 ordered the applicant to Active Duty Training for 12 days with a report date of 15 June 1992 to attend the 71L course. j. DA Form 87 (Certificate of Training) for successful completion of the Administrative Specialist Course from 15 June 1992 through 26 June 1992. k. Orders Number 10-2, published by Headquarters, 7th PsyOps Group, 21 July 1992 awarded the applicant the primary MOS of 71L. The applicant stated she was advanced to SPC on 8 May 1992. l. DD Form 1351-2 dated 2 September 1992 shows her travel from Pacifica, CA to Camp Parks, CA, and her return to Pacifica, CA, by order of Orders Number 179-046. m. DD Form 214 shows the applicant, as a member of the USAR, entered active duty on 12 October 1995 and was released on 21 March 1996. She had completed 5 months and 10 days of active duty service. n. Orders Number R222-001, published by Headquarters, U.S. Army, Special Operations Command, dated 9 August 2004, ordered the applicant on a PCS to Fort Bragg, NC, for demobilization with a report date of on or about 9 August 2004. o. Orders Number 244-0283, published by XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, dated 11 August 2004 released the applicant from active duty on 8 September 2004. p. DD Form 214 shows the applicant, as a member of the USAR, entered active duty on 12 June 2003 and was released on 8 September 2004. She completed 1 year, 2 months, and 27 days of active duty service. A DD Form 215 corrected the applicant's date of birth. q. Orders Number 04-350-00004, published by the Civil Affairs and PsyOps Command, dated 15 December 2004, discharged the applicant from the USAR, effective 14 December 2004. r. VMET, dated 1 January 2015, shows her 71L MOS occupation. The entire form is available for the Board's consideration. s. ATRRS transcript from 2015, which is void of listing her 71L MOS course and shows the applicant's personal notes. The entire transcript is available for the Board's consideration. t. A letter from ARBA, dated 10 April 2015, which informed the applicant the Board corrected her records and completed a DD Form 215 showing the changes to her DD Form 214. u. Army Training Transcript dated 24 August 2015, which is void of her 71L MOS course. The entire transcript is available for the Board's consideration. v. An email from an analyst at ATRRS, dated 25 August 2015, states if the applicant felt her transcripts were incomplete, she needed to contacted HRC. The email was in response to emails from the applicant stating she was missing information on her ATRRS transcript. w. VMET, dated 1 July 2016 ,1 January 2017, 1 May 2022, and 1 June 2022 which show 71L Administrative Specialist. The entire VMETs are available for the Board's consideration. x. An email from the VMET Help Desk, dated 26 September 2022, which addresses the applicant's concerns regarding her ATRRS transcript; however, it does not mention the lack of her 71L MOS Course being on the transcript. The entire email is available for the Board's consideration. y. An email from HRC, dated 21 October 2022, which states they do not have the administrative rights to update her ATRRS or Joint Services Transcripts. The entire email is available for the Board's consideration. BOARD DISCUSSION: 1. The Board determined the evidence of record was sufficient to render a fair and equitable decision. As a result, a personal appearance hearing is not necessary to serve the interest of equity and justice in this case. 2. After reviewing the application, all supporting documents, and the evidence found within the military record, the Board found that relief was not warranted. The applicant’s contentions, the military record, and regulatory guidance were carefully considered. a. The Army Training Requirements and Resources System (ATRRS) is the Army’s system of record for training program management. It is a system available online for Soldiers to manage their education and training. The main purpose of ATRRS is to coordinate the training of soldiers for the Army. ATRRS is no longer active or accessible after a Soldier's discharge. Also, the ABCMR limits corrective action to documents that can be individually reviewed after a Soldier's separation. Since ATRRS is not normally accessible by individuals after separation, there is no basis for the Board to correct it. b. The Defense Manpower Data Center’s Verification of Military Experience and Training (VMET) document helps service members transitioning out of the military prepare resumes and job applications quickly. Updating VMET is not within the purview of this Board. BOARD VOTE: Mbr 1 Mbr 2 Mbr 3 : : : GRANT FULL RELIEF : : : GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF : : : GRANT FORMAL HEARING xx: xx: xx: DENY APPLICATION BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION: The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice. Therefore, the Board determined the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned. 8/22/2023 I certify that herein is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in this case. REFERENCES: 1. Title 10, USC, section 1552(b), provides that applications for correction of military records must be filed within 3 years after discovery of the alleged error or injustice. This provision of law also allows the ABCMR to excuse an applicant's failure to timely file within the 3-year statute of limitations if the ABCMR determines it would be in the interest of justice to do so. 2. The DoD Transition Assistance Program (TAP) for Service Members and Veterans website at https:dmdc.osd.mil/tgps/pages/VMET/faqs.xhtml states that the VMET document lists a service member’s military experience and training which may have application to employment in the private sector. a. This document can be used as a tool to prepare job applications, in concert with evaluation reports, training certificates, awards, transcripts and other pertinent documents. It is not an official transcript for purposes of granting college credit, but it can be used to support having met training and/or course requirements to qualify for civilian occupations, certificates, licenses, or programs of study. ATRRS is not updated after a Soldier’s separation b. The VMET database is maintained by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). Aside from the fact that It is noted that not all military course completions are listed on a VMET document because the Services do no report all of them. The only military course completions that are reported by each Service's electronic data feed (to include in the VMET documents) are those courses where the attendance data is available from an automated source. And since many older courses and unit/base level courses of short duration do not have automated attendance data, they never get reported in the Service's electronic data feed to be included in VMET documents – even if the service member completed it and has a hard copy certificate of completion or listed on their JST (https://jst.doded.mil) or similar document. For corrections, the Services are responsible and many times the Services do not make changes when a correction would not result in any new descriptive data on the form. Furthermore, many services are not able to correct errors after a member's separation or retirement. 3. The Joint Services Transcript website at jst.dod.ed.mil states JST is an academically accepted document approved by the American Council on Education (ACE) to validate a service members military occupational experience and training along with the corresponding ACE college credit recommendations. The data for a JST can go back as far as 1976 but data older than 1994 may be missing or incomplete. They can include training on a transcript that was taken prior to 1976. The older the data, the greater the chance something could be missing. 4. Army Regulation (AR) 600-8-104 (Army Military Human Resources Records (AMHRR) Management), prescribes Army policy and procedures for the creation, utilization, administration, maintenance, and disposition of the AMHRR. It states, a. The AMHRR is the historical and authoritative source for authentication of Veteran or service related benefits, entitlements, and services. b. The Official Military Personnel File is defined as permanent documentation within the AMHRR that documents facts related to a Soldier, during the course of his or her entire Army career, from time of accession into the Army until final separation, discharge, or retirement. c. Only documents pertaining to a Soldier's military career will be filed in the AMHRR. No more than one copy of a document will be uploaded into the AMHRR. d. The performance folder contains DA Forms 1059 (Service School Academic Evaluation Report). 4. Army Regulation (AR) 350-10 (Management of Army Individual Training Requirements and Resources) chapter states the ATRRS is the Army’s system of record for training program management. The ATRRS consists of a centralized training management database with computer Internet access for Army training ACOMs, DRUs, agencies, DOD, Army, other service, NATO and non-DOD schools, and training centers. Information on most individual training courses taught by or for Army personnel is in the ATRRS database. ATRRS provides the capability to manage the Army’s Institutional training program for all courses of instruction taught by DOD, DA, other services, NATO and non-DOD school systems. 5. AR 15-185 (ABCMR) prescribes the policies and procedures for correction of military records by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the ABCMR. It states: a. The ABCMR may, in its discretion, hold a hearing or request additional evidence or opinions. Additionally, it states in paragraph 2-11 that applicants do not have a right to a hearing before the ABCMR. The Director or the ABCMR may grant a formal hearing whenever justice requires. b. The ABCMR begins its consideration of each case with the presumption of administrative regularity. The applicant has the burden of proving an error or injustice by a preponderance of the evidence. //NOTHING FOLLOWS//